I'm getting pretty tired of prequels and time travel. This seems to have a lot of both. Don't get me wrong, I'll still pay to go see it and drag my wife along kicking and screaming to see it with me. I'll probably have to fork out for good dinner to get her to come along.
Who knows. It can still be good. Let's hope it doesn't suck or I'll get more resistance from the Mrs when trying to go to the next SciFi movie.
I wasn't aware that conjoined twins could be legally married.
True, but in a good way. It's a pretty harrowing experience for the innocent victim but at least it was just a prank.
Considering SWAT teams' well-recorded penchant for violent overreaction during their raids ("It looked like he was holding a gun!"), this could very, very easily have turned into much more than "just a prank".
I can say this: if some little shit decided to put me and my family through an ordeal like that, then he'd better hope I didn't find him.
Back in the 80s If I were asked how would a Desktop System look in 2007 I would have given a much different answer (In my mind a 2007 desktop would look more like Plan 9 and less like windows)
The problem is, while we have many ideas; they get shot down left and right. I don't see a new source of energy orders of magnitude above previous ones, like what nuclear power provided. Sure, antimatter would work, but it's like non-nuclear hydrogen - it's only a storage method, not a generation method.
Um, there's no such thing as an energy generation method. Whether you're burning logs on a fire, igniting gasoline in a chamber, splitting atoms, or annihilating antimatter, all you're doing is releasing stored energy -- converting it from one form into another.
"The only functioning vehicle I have right now is a 40-foot motor home. Do you have space to park a vehicle of that size?" This will (hopefully) lead to a comment on how expensive it must be to drive such a vehicle. Fortunately, you're ready with this response:
"Yeah, it used to be pretty hard. Fortunately, I've worked out a way to offset the costs. I've sold advertising space on the side of the vehicle to a local adult video store. And a strip club on the other side."
"Do your employee guidelines say anything about the minimum amount of clothing required for employees to wear? If so, is it more or less than what is legally allowed to be worn in public?"
"Do you perform random drug tests? If so, do you have any sort of an amnesty policy for positive results? No reason; just curious."
"Do you have any sort of official hierarchy of how bad positive results are for different types of recreational drugs?"
"What is your policy on employees carrying concealed weapons to work?"
It speaks well of the net progress in the ex-USSR from the mid-eighties to now that a) these journalists weren't shot/sent to Lefortovo and shot/sent to cut down trees in Siberia until they didn't need to be shot, and b) that the rest of the world has heard about it.
It's certainly an improvement from the days when they would have been shot and then sent to cut down trees in Siberia. Honest mistake and all, but that was one hell of a cold winter for everyone in the city.
This year Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center discusses if the world's first center for trauma victims could have improved the outcome had Lincoln's assassination occurred in 2007
They failed to take into account how frail and weak a Lincoln would be at the age of 198. Surely this would offset most of the benefits of modern medicine.
Honestly, guys, do I have to do all of your thinking for you?
Personally, I think the only uses for a 600GB write-only-once drive are backups, a DYI Nuclear Weapons for Rising Countries Kit (or similar content), taking "snapshots" of the Internet, and storing the known digits of pi, largest prime numbers, and other interesting numbers.
But what do you do when Pi changes? Then you're hosed.
I have the perfect response for that. I just have to go drop off some friends at the pool first.
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this will work less and less, especially at big companies. the basic problem is that the people who make these policy decisions are totally insulated from any negative effects of the policy. if google unknowningly turned down someone who would have gone on to make them billions because s/he didn't want to sign the nda, how would they ever know?
In fact, they are almost certain not to know, because even if that person goes on to great fame and wealth, they're prevented by the NDA from ever mentioning that they interviewed at Google.
But I think that Slashdot editors should conduct themselves in a more professional manner. How else can we expect you to discharge your duties effectively, and eliminate the audience's natural resistance?
If Google pursues this, I don't think they'll do so for financial reasons, but rather for PR reasons
I'm not so sure about that. At the rate their data centers are growing, power is everything to them. It's so important that they built one of their newest facilities on the Columbia River, just so they could get close to a hydro plant for cheap electricity. Supporting a project like this would certainly be a PR slam-dunk for them, and I'm sure that hasn't escaped them, but if it has as much promise as it appears to, it would certainly benefit them in more practical ways.
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While this is cool, I really don't understand why DARPA is developing this. It doesn't seem to fill any current need.
I agree. They should conduct themselves in a more efficient and useful manner.
In all honesty though, I'm pretty sure that it's just a German word or something that has no English equivalent
Oh, I'm sure there's an English equivalent. It would just take several hundred pages to write it out.
I was wondering why Nigel Marvin didn't return from his last trip.
I'm getting pretty tired of prequels and time travel. This seems to have a lot of both. Don't get me wrong, I'll still pay to go see it and drag my wife along kicking and screaming to see it with me. I'll probably have to fork out for good dinner to get her to come along.
Who knows. It can still be good. Let's hope it doesn't suck or I'll get more resistance from the Mrs when trying to go to the next SciFi movie.
I wasn't aware that conjoined twins could be legally married.
True, but in a good way. It's a pretty harrowing experience for the innocent victim but at least it was just a prank.
Considering SWAT teams' well-recorded penchant for violent overreaction during their raids ("It looked like he was holding a gun!"), this could very, very easily have turned into much more than "just a prank".
I can say this: if some little shit decided to put me and my family through an ordeal like that, then he'd better hope I didn't find him.
Back in the 80s If I were asked how would a Desktop System look in 2007 I would have given a much different answer (In my mind a 2007 desktop would look more like Plan 9 and less like windows)
And it would fly.
Ah, I see. You're absolutely right about that. Apologies for the misunderstanding.
The problem is, while we have many ideas; they get shot down left and right. I don't see a new source of energy orders of magnitude above previous ones, like what nuclear power provided. Sure, antimatter would work, but it's like non-nuclear hydrogen - it's only a storage method, not a generation method.
Um, there's no such thing as an energy generation method. Whether you're burning logs on a fire, igniting gasoline in a chamber, splitting atoms, or annihilating antimatter, all you're doing is releasing stored energy -- converting it from one form into another.
The Old Testament talks about special architectural requirements for towers so that others would not be able to "look up and see their nakedness".
Oh, great. Biblical upskirts.
Here's a few good starter questions:
This will (hopefully) lead to a comment on how expensive it must be to drive such a vehicle. Fortunately, you're ready with this response:
"Yeah, it used to be pretty hard. Fortunately, I've worked out a way to offset the costs. I've sold advertising space on the side of the vehicle to a local adult video store. And a strip club on the other side."
It speaks well of the net progress in the ex-USSR from the mid-eighties to now that a) these journalists weren't shot/sent to Lefortovo and shot/sent to cut down trees in Siberia until they didn't need to be shot, and b) that the rest of the world has heard about it.
It's certainly an improvement from the days when they would have been shot and then sent to cut down trees in Siberia. Honest mistake and all, but that was one hell of a cold winter for everyone in the city.
I used to work for a company that has the words "new directions" in their name.
Please tell me the first two words in the name weren't "Coming From".
Any of us can sit around and speculate about what would happen if Carthage had cannons, if Herodotus had a laptop, if the Romans had camcorders,
I'm particularly interested in what would happen if Caligula had a camcorder.
This year Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, physician-in-chief for the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center discusses if the world's first center for trauma victims could have improved the outcome had Lincoln's assassination occurred in 2007
They failed to take into account how frail and weak a Lincoln would be at the age of 198. Surely this would offset most of the benefits of modern medicine.
Honestly, guys, do I have to do all of your thinking for you?
Personally, I think the only uses for a 600GB write-only-once drive are backups, a DYI Nuclear Weapons for Rising Countries Kit (or similar content), taking "snapshots" of the Internet, and storing the known digits of pi, largest prime numbers, and other interesting numbers.
But what do you do when Pi changes? Then you're hosed.
You might even say that the Free Software Movement is in its "Last Throes".
I have the perfect response for that. I just have to go drop off some friends at the pool first.
this will work less and less, especially at big companies. the basic problem is that the people who make these policy decisions are totally insulated from any negative effects of the policy. if google unknowningly turned down someone who would have gone on to make them billions because s/he didn't want to sign the nda, how would they ever know?
In fact, they are almost certain not to know, because even if that person goes on to great fame and wealth, they're prevented by the NDA from ever mentioning that they interviewed at Google.
Genius!
Our current database of fully sequenced genomes is pathetically small, but most news outlets are reporting "T. rex was giant chicken!"
I've always preferred Robert Bakker's description: "A 10,000-pound roadrunner from hell."
Meep Meep!
Station wagons don't have trunks.
And now you see just how brilliant his encryption scheme really is.
Google will be forced to pay $32,600 for each day it displayed the links of the plaintiffs.
FROM: Eric Schmidt
TO: All Google Employees
Beginning today, employees will no longer be eligible for free Kona coffee and hourly massages. We apologize for the inconvenience.
But I think that Slashdot editors should conduct themselves in a more professional manner. How else can we expect you to discharge your duties effectively, and eliminate the audience's natural resistance?
Now let's get back to the current topic.
The problem with the RIAA and MPAA is that they have a product that may become more common than dirt...
And almost as enjoyable to consume.
Well, at least he would be able to fix the healthcare system.
Just acquire Canada.
If Google pursues this, I don't think they'll do so for financial reasons, but rather for PR reasons
I'm not so sure about that. At the rate their data centers are growing, power is everything to them. It's so important that they built one of their newest facilities on the Columbia River, just so they could get close to a hydro plant for cheap electricity. Supporting a project like this would certainly be a PR slam-dunk for them, and I'm sure that hasn't escaped them, but if it has as much promise as it appears to, it would certainly benefit them in more practical ways.